Chirality of molecular nanostructures on surfaces via molecular assembly and reaction: manifestation and control

Y Xu, JJ Duan, ZY Yi, KX Zhang, T Chen… - Surface Science Reports, 2021 - Elsevier
The formation of chiral nanostructures via molecular assembly and reaction on solid
surfaces is a ubiquitous surface process due to the symmetry-breaking at 2D surface …

Confined on-surface organic synthesis: Strategies and mechanisms

T Wang, J Zhu - Surface Science Reports, 2019 - Elsevier
On-surface synthesis has been one of the hottest research fields in surface science in the
last decade, owing to its great potential for bottom-up synthesis of functional molecules and …

Synthesis of a Porous [14] Annulene Graphene Nanoribbon and a Porous [30] Annulene Graphene Nanosheet on Metal Surfaces

T Qin, D Guo, J Xiong, X Li, L Hu… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The electrical and mechanical properties of graphene‐based materials can be tuned by the
introduction of nanopores, which are sensitively related to the size, morphology, density, and …

Artificial kagome lattices of Shockley surface states patterned by halogen hydrogen-bonded organic frameworks

R Yin, X Zhu, Q Fu, T Hu, L Wan, Y Wu, Y Liang… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Artificial electronic kagome lattices may emerge from electronic potential landscapes using
customized structures with exotic supersymmetries, benefiting from the confinement of …

Chemisorption-induced formation of biphenylene dimer on Ag (111)

Z Zeng, D Guo, T Wang, Q Chen, A Matěj… - Journal of the …, 2021 - ACS Publications
We report an example that demonstrates the clear interdependence between surface-
supported reactions and molecular-adsorption configurations. Two biphenyl-based …

Concentration-directed polymorphic surface covalent organic frameworks: Rhombus, parallelogram, and kagome

YP Mo, XH Liu, D Wang - ACS nano, 2017 - ACS Publications
Polymorphic single-layered covalent organic frameworks (sCOFs) via on-surface synthesis
have been investigated by employing the tetradentate monomer 1, 3, 6, 8-tetrakis (p …

Recent progress in on-surface synthesis of nanoporous graphene materials

T Qin, T Wang, J Zhu - Communications Chemistry, 2024 - nature.com
Nanoporous graphene (NPG) materials are generated by removing internal degree-3
vertices from graphene and introducing nanopores with specific topological structures …

On-surface synthesis of novel kagome lattices coordinated via four-fold n–ag bonding

J Xiong, T Qin, L Hu, W Yang, Z Chen… - The Journal of …, 2023 - ACS Publications
The Kagome lattice structures based on metal–organic coordination have garnered
widespread interest because of their topologically Dirac/flat bands and other exotic …

Highly ordered N-heterocyclic carbene monolayers on Cu (111)

E Angove, F Grillo, HA Früchtl, AJ Veinot… - The Journal of …, 2022 - ACS Publications
The benzannulated N-heterocyclic carbene, 1, 3-dibenzylbenzimidazolylidene (NHCDBZ)
forms large, highly ordered domains when adsorbed on Cu (111) under ultrahigh vacuum …

Identifying the convergent reaction path from predesigned assembled structures: Dissymmetrical dehalogenation of Br2Py on Ag(111)

J Hu, Z Liang, K Shen, L Xie, H Zhang, C Huang… - Nano Research, 2021 - Springer
On-surface Ullmann coupling has been intensely utilized for the tailor-made fabrication of
conjugated frameworks towards molecular electronics, however, reaction mechanisms are …